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CANDLEWICKS
Definition of CANDLEWICKS
noun
plural of candlewick
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Word DNA
CANDLEWICKS inherits its ancestry from its root, CANDLEWICK.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,197)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CANDLEWICK · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CANDLEWICKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CANDLEWICKS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACCDEIKLNSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CANDLEW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CANDLEWICKS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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